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There are only 5 days left for my Kickstarter project to reach its pledge goal: http://kck.st/UzXeft

Some of you may have seen my blog post about it, others may have heard about it on the Art Fair Radio podcast I participated in last week.  If not, here it is, and its down to the wire!!!

I have 5 days for my project to reach its pledge goal, or I don't receive the funding for the project.  I am so excited to go on this trip to Australia and create some great new work there and this project is going to help me in a BIG way.  I will be able to do a lot more traveling while in Australia and get to some amazing places!!!

Check out the project and please share with your friends and networks (facebook/twitter): http://kck.st/UzXeft

Thank you!!!

If you don't know, Kickstarter is a website that helps fund creative and innovative projects through crowd funding.  I am working with Kickstarter to raise funds for my next photographic adventure, this time to Australia.  I will only receive the funds if my project meets its pledge goal by Oct. 29.  If the project does not reach the goal, I receive nothing.  The best part is that no one is "donating" anything to me, Kickstarter requires all projects to return something tangible to the investors in the project.  In terms of my project, investors have the choice of purchasing a photograph from either my previous work, or the work I will shoot in Australia.

I think this is a great way to raise funds for arts projects and even exhibitions.  Its also a great source of promotion for your artwork.  It can take away the entire notion of "well, if I only had the money to..." It also exposes your work to a new audience!

You can check out my project here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986082413/kite-aerial-photography-in-australia

I encourage everyone to look at the rest of the site and also, since we are all creative people here, keep it in mind for your own future projects.  So far my experiences with them have been excellent!

I will update with its progress.

Thought you may be interested in this article :

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/04/06/157711_local-news.html

You may have heard that we had a cyclone hit the Queensland coast a couple of months back.  This is how one community is adding some life back into their town - with art :)